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Tyrone
Daily
Herald,
Monday,
June
15,1981
Page
Three
SHE'S
FOUR-Kristie
Leanne
Borman,
daughter
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Dennis
Borman,
is
celebrating
her
fourth
birthday
today.
Kristie's
grandparents
are
Mr.
arid
Mrs.
Ross
H.
Steele
and
Mr.
and
Mrs.
David
C.
Borman
of
Tyrone.
Mildred
Borman
and
Bertha
|
Forcey
of
Tyrone
are
her
[
great
grandmothers.
Bible
School
Begins
Tonight
Tonight
at
7
o'clock
begins
[the
first
session
of
the
week-
llong
Vacation
Bible
School
at
[the
Tyrone
Church
of
the
[Brethren.
Following
the
theme
|"Jesus,
Your
Word
Lives
In
IMe!",
classes
are
being
[provided
for
ages
two
through
115
with
the
following
teachers:
Nursery
—
the
two
and
[three-year-olds
—
will
be
[taught
.by
Joan
Gebhart
and
[Laurie
Fetzer;
Catherine
piehl
and
Melanie
Estright
[will
be
in
charge
of
the
[beginners
—
four
and
five-
I
year-olds;
the
primary
[classes
—
students
completing
I
grades
1
and
2
-
will
be
taught
by
Christine
Kern
and
Robyn
Hampton;
the
middlers
—
students
who
completed
grades
3
and
4
—
will
be
taught
by
Pauline
Stanley
and
Debbie
Snyder;
the
juniors
—
students
completing
grades
5
I
and
6
—
will
be
taught
by
Judy
Woomer
and
Susan
Ray;
and
the
youth
—
students
who
completed
7,
8
and
9
—
will
be
instructed
by
Pam
Lind
and
I
IvaLouNulton.
The
Adult
Class,
instructed
1
by
Ralph
Z.
Ebersole,
Pastor,
|
will
be
studying
the
Book
of
I
Revelation.
This
year's
session
is
being
directed
by
Jane
Ray
and
assisted
by
Ruth
McConahy.
The
students
will
be
learning
'new
songs
under
the
direction
I
of
Myra
Hess.
Kay
Cox
will
be
[
serving
as
recreation
co-
I
ordinator.
Kathryn
Weston
i
with
her
committee
members,
I
Terri
Ray
and
Pat
Lewis,
will
be
serving
the
refreshments.
The
punch
for
the
Bible
School
was
donated
by
Burger
King.
Bible
Study,
music,
crafts,
drama
and
refreshments
will
be
available
to
all
who
attend.
The
Change
of
Pace
Closing
Program
will
be
held
Sunday
Evening,
June
21,
at
6:30
p.m.
for
students,
parents,
relatives
and
friends.
A
picnic
meal
will
be
provided
followed
by
recreational
activities
and
mini
sessions.
.The
program
will
conclude
with
group*
singing,
the
distribution
oi'
diplomas
and
a
friendship'
circle.
Moneys
collected
throughout
the
week
will
be
given
to
missionaries
Fred
and
Janet
Beam,
who
will
be
working
in
Nigeria,
to
use
for
feeding
the
starving
children.
Anyone
between
the
ages
of
2
and
102
are
cordially
invited
•
to
attend!
W.M.4-HCIub
Holds
Meeting
The
Warriors
Mark
4-H
club
held
a
bag
sale
at
their
meeting
held
recently
at
the
Warriors
Mark
grange.
One
dollar
awards
were
given
to
the
five
best
decorated
bags.
The
winners
were
Tracey
Sunday,
Shelly
Sunday,
Lori
Kobuck,
Nicole
Durbin
and
Kim
Blum.
Steve
Sessamen,
4-H
vice
president,
gave
information
on
demonstration
projects
and
the
members
received
4-H
project
books.
Town
Crier
Joseph
J.
Tepsoc,
Box
285,
Tyrone
RD
3,
has
been
admitted
to
Altoona
Hospital.
Discharged
from
Altoona
Hospital
were
Harvey
W.
Campbell,
1819
N.
Tuckahoe
St.,
Bellwood;
and
Donna
Jean
Cherry,
300
22nd
st.
Admitted
to
Mercy
Hospital,
Altoona,
were
Kenneth
Lonsinger
and
Susan
Ronan,
both
of
Tyrone.
"
Edwin
J.
Neff,
of
Warriors
Mark,
has
been
discharged
from
Centre
Community
Hospital,
State
College.
MOVE
AHEAD
Don't
let
obstacles
on
the
road
to
success
stop
you-they
are
simply
sand
sprinkled
on
the
tracks
to
prevent
skidding.
REDUCED
At
this
point
the
politicians
should
concentrate
on
reducing
taxes—we
taxpayers
have
already
been
reduced:
Bible
School
Starts
Next
Monday,
June
22
Vacation
Bible
School
will
begin
at
the
First
Assembly
of
God
Church
Monday
and
run
from
June
22
through
Friday,
June
26.
Each
evening
at
7
p.m.
there
will
be
classes
for
students
ages
four
to
14.
The
dosing
program
will
be
Friday
at
8
p.m.
Guest
speaker
featured
will
be
Dr.
Paul
Heller
from
radio
station
WTLR
State
College.
Here
he
is
known
as
"Uncle
Paul"
where
he
has
a
childrens'
program
each
Saturday
morning.
Those
who
will
be
leading
and
teaching
are
as
follows:
song
leader-Connie
Kensinger;
pianist
-
Debbie
Myers;
attendence
secretary-
treasurer
-
Sally
and
Karol
Swartz,
nursery
-
Sally
Detwiler,
Sharon
Billets,
and
Sue
Keys;
beginners
-'
Mary
Stringer,
Isable
Eirich,
Millie
Langham;
primary
-
Darlene
Bowers,
Rebecca
Stewart,
Alda
Barger;
juniors
-
Connie
Kensinger,
Missie
Kensinger,
Ruth
Stewart,
Tammy
Stringer;
teens
-
Dennis
Shaw,
Tom
Hammond,
Kevin
Detwiler,
Ray
Stringer;
director
Doris
Stewart;
other
helpers
Ruth
Hammond
and
Carol
Feltenberger.
The
theme
of
this
year's
Bible
School
is
"Come
Join
God's
Family".
All
are
welcome.
Come
join
in
the
fun,
music,
lessons,
workbooks,
and
crafts.
Tyrone
Hospital
-
ADMISSIONS
Ross
Lauder,
Warriors
Mark
Doris
Noel,
Pennsylvania
House
Dorothy
Perks,
Philipsburg
Ella
Butler,
402
Washington
ave.
Rebecca
Givler,
430
W.
16th
St.
Michael
Wertz,
1506
Pennsylvania
ave.
-
DISCHARGED
Joy
Schandelmeier,
RD
3
Ray
Ridgers,
RD
3
Judy
Dean,
RD
5
Joyce
Supenia,
Ginter
Lisa
Rodkey,
104
Meade
st.
Isabel
Lykens,
Adams
avenue
Reginald
Miller,
Hamlin
avenue
Lynn
Watson,
W.
15th
street
Bonnie
Hamer,
W.
21st
street
Ron
Isenburg,
W.
14th
street
William
Wrye,
W.
llth
street
Debbie
Briggs,
RDl
Minerva
Duke,
Blandburg
Betty
Morrissey.RDS
Anna
McClellan,
Bellwood
Bonnie
Price,
Altoona
Alfred
McMullin,
Adams
avenue
-
EMERGENCY
Buella
Ellenberger,
Logan
avenue
Helen
Richards,
Burley
avenue
Sherrie
Pruznak,
Pennsylvania
avenue
Joshua
Garman,
RD
4
Robert
Alexander,
Alexandria
Patricia
Bressler,
RD
3
Terry
Moser,
Tipton
Leland
Nolan
III,
1369
Washington
ave.
Genievive
Hynd,
Osceola
Mills
Michael
Wertz,
1506
Pennsylvania
ave.
CHAPLAIN
Rev.
Sherwood
Thomas
Wesley
U.M.C.
Roberts,
Patty
Address
Rally:
Kennedy
f
Reagan
Kids
Stand
With
Anti-Nukes
Three
Men
Killed
After
Successful
Rescue
Attempt
PROMOTED
-
John
M.
Adams,
III,
assistant
controller
of
Equibank,
Pittsburgh,
has
been
named
vice
president,
Richard
W.
Plumb,
president
of
Equibank,
announced
today.
Adams
joined
Equibank
in
1976
and
has
held
the
position
of
assistant
controller
since
April,
1980.
He
was
named
assistant
vice
president
in
July,
1978.
A
certified
public
accountant,
he
worked
for
three
years
for
an
accounting
firm,
Coopers
and
Lybrand
CPAs,
before
joining
Equibank.
The
native
of
Tyrone
earned
a
diploma
from
Tyrone
Area
High
School
and
a
bachelor's
degree
in
business
management
from
Indiana
University
of
Pennsylvania.
He
is
a
member
of
the
American
Institute
of
CPAs
and
the
Pennslyvania
Institute
of
CPAs.
Adams
and
his
wife,
Carol,
are
parents
of
three
sons
and
live
in
Coraopolis.
He
is
the
son
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
John
"Hank"
Adams,
2002
Riddle
Ave.
Reagan
Children
Experience
Job
Changes
Since
Dad's
Election
NEW
YORK
(UPI)
-
Ron
Reagan,
President
Reagan's
youngest
son,
may
be
out
of
his
$90-a-week
job
next
year
if
his
ballet
company
is
unable
to
recoup
funds
lost
because
of
his
father's
budget
cuts,
it
was
reported.
But
the
president's
daughter,
Patti
Davis,
told
Newsweek
magazine
her
father's
election
"was
a
break"
in
her
acting
career.
"I
was
tired
of
working
as
a
waitress,
and
gping
out
on
cattle-call
auditions
for
ridiculous
little
parts,"
Miss
Davis,
28,
said
in
an
interview
published
Sunday.
"On
the
other
hand,
I'm
probably
going
to
be
judged
more
harshly.
But
that's
a
good
problem
to
have,
because
before
they
didn't
even
know
who
I
was."
As
for
the
career
of
older
son
Michael,
35
—
who
made
headlines
last
month
when
it
was
revealed
he
used
his
father's
name
to
solicit
government
contracts
for
the
aerospace
firm
he
worked
for
—
he's
getting
advice
from
the
White
House
on
finding
a
job
to
replace
the
sales
position
he
resigned
from,
the
magazine
said.
The
magazine
said
New
York's
Joffrey
II
dance
company,
for
which
Ron,
23,
dances,
will
be
badly
hurt
by
the
Administration's
cuts
in
money
for
the
arts.
"Ron
will
be
out
of
a
job
next
year
if
there's
no
money
and
it
can't
be
recouped
from
private
sources,"
Joffrey
II
artistic
director
Sally
Bliss
said.
HOLLYWOOD
(UPI)
-
A
one-minute
statement
by
President
Reagan's
daughter
Patti
Davis
condemning
nuclear
power
brought
more
than
18,000
people
to
their
feet
at
the
fourth
annual
Survival
Sunday
at
the
Hollywood
Bowl.
"We
don't
need
it,"
Miss
Davis
said
Sunday
afternoon.
"There
are
other
ways
to
turn
on
our
lights
and
run
our
blow
dryers.
What
we
have
to
do
is
take
the
spirit
here
today
and
extend
it
to
everyday,"
she
said.
"We
-are
not
powerless."
Then
Robert
F.
Kennedy
Jr.
approached
the
microphone
and
received
thunderous
applause
when
he
said,
"Personally,
I'd
like
to
get
the
Israeli
Air
Force
to
do
the
same
thing
here
as
they
did
in
Iraq."
"We
are
the
first
generation
Silkwood
Controversy
Comes
To
Supreme
Court
WASHINGTON
(UPI)
Karen
Silkwood
died
in
a
mysterious
auto
crash
in
1974
en
route
to
a
meeting
with
a
union
official
and
a
reporter.
According
to
court,
testimony,
Miss
Silkwood,
28,
carried
with
her
evidence
of
the
alleged
failure
of
the
Kerr
McGee
atomic
fuel
plant
in
Crescent,
Okla.,
to
protect
workers
from
plutonium
radiation.
Today,
attorneys
for
the
estate
of
Miss
Silkwood
planned
to
ask
the
Supreme
Court
to
order
a
federal
trial
on
charges
the
civil
rights
of
the
nuclear
laboratory
analyst
were
violated.
The
case
was
originally
filed
in
1976.
It
accused
Kerr
McGee
executives
and
security
personnel
of
conspiring
to
violate
Miss
Silkwood's
civil
rights
and
those
of
her
associates
in
the
Oil,
Chemical
and
Atomic
Workers
Union.
Court
testimony
indicated
a
week
before
her
death,
Miss
Silkwood
and.
her
apartment
were
contaminated
with
plutonium,
a
highly
radioactive
and
cancer-
causing
substance.
Specific
civil
rights
violations
alleged
in
the
suit
include
"wiretapping,
surveillance,
harassment,
interference
with
freedom
of
association
with
co-workers
and
the
media
and
interference
with
freedom
to
travel
on
interstate
highways."
The
case
was
dismissed
in
1978
by
U.S.
District
Judge
Frank
G.
Theis,
who
concluded
the
Civil
Rights
Act
did
not
apply.
The
10th
U.S.
Circuit
Court
of
Appeals
upheld
the
lower
court,
although
it
agreed
with
Silkwood
estate
lawyers
that
labor
unions
are
a
protected
class
under
civil
rights
law.
The
appellate
panel
concluded
the
law
covers
only
union
members
who
can
show
their
rights
were
violated
because
of
mere
passive
membership
in
a
union,
rather
than
because
of
their
organizing
activities.
Daniel
Sheehan,
chief
counsel
for
the
Silkwood
estate,
argued,
"This
ruling
entirely
ignores
the
fact
that
class-based
discriminations
are
almost
always
directed
against
the
most
active
members
of
an
unpopular
class."
He
said
the
Silkwood,
estate
will
ask
the
justices
to
settle
the
question
of
civil
rights
law
protection
for
union
members
and
to
clear
the
way
for
a
trial
of
the
suit.
In
a
separate
case
stemming
from
the
death
of
Miss
Silkwood,
a
federal
jury
in
,
1979
found
Kerr
McGee
Corp.
liable
for
the
radioactive
contamination
of
Miss
Silkwood
and
her
home.
The
court
ordered
the
company
to
pay
$10.5
million
in
damages.
Kerr
McGee
has
appealed
that
decision,
which
is
pending
before
the
10th
Circuit
in
Denver.
CHEATED
People
who
insist
on
getting
the
best
of
everything
in
this
life
are
likely
to
feel
cheated.
Figuring
out
where
you
want
to
go
way
before
you
start
will
save
lots
of
vaulable
time.
GOP
Mayors
Backing
Reagan's
Economic
Plan
LOUISVILLE,
Ky.
(UPI)
The
nation's
Republican
mayors
are
backing
President
Reagan's
economic
program
and
say
their
Democratic
opponents
are
sore
losers
who
haven't
gotten
over
Reagan's
election.
Several
dozen
GOP
mayors
at
the
annual
U.S.
Conference
of
Mayors
met
Sunday
behind
closed
doors
and
later
reported
they
had
unanimously
adopted
by
voice
vote
a
resolution
supporting
Reagan's
economic
plan
calling
for
a
companion
package
of
budget
and
tax
cuts.
"We
are
convinced
that
the
president
is
on
the
right
track,"
said
Kansas
City,
Mo.,
Mayor
Richard
L.
Berkley.
The
mayors,
whose
five-day
meeting
ends
Wednesday,
were
scheduled
to
hear
from
Rep.
Jim
Jones,
D-Okla.,
chairman
of
the
House
Budget
Committee,
at
a
session
today
on
Reagan's
proposed
spending
cuts.
Also
on
hand
to
meet
the
mayors
was
Housing
and
Urban
Development
Secretary
Samuel
R.
Pierce
Jr.,
the
highest
ranking
Reagan
Administration
official
at
the
conference.
Following
Sunday's
endorsement,
Republican
Mayor
Richard
Hudnut
of
Indianapolis
led
the
attack
on
the
Democrats,
saying
they
overlooked
Reagan's
landslide
election
and
"are
still
licking
their
wounds
from
Nov.
4."
Mayor
James
Inhofe
of
Tulsa,
Okla.,
denounced
the
Democratic
mayors
who
have
criticized
Reagan's
proposals
at
the
conference,
specifically
naming
Mayors
Henry
Maier
of
Milwaukee,
Lee
Alexander
of
Syracuse,
N.Y.,
and
conference
chairman
Richard
Hatcher
of
Gary,
Ind.
Inhofe
said
they
were
"very
partisan"
mayors
who
"don't
like
President
Reagan."
One
mayor
who
voted
in
favor
of
the
resolution
to
back
thfc
president's
economic
package
indicated
later
he
did
so
with
some
reservation.
"From
a
personal
viewpoint
I
pick
and
choose,"
said
Mayor
Theodore
D.
Mann
of
Newton,
Mass.
He
said
that
despite
its
affluent
reputation,
Newton
has
a
jobless
rate
of
up
to
7
percent
and
4,000
families
below
the
poverty
line.
Mann
said
he
supported
the
general
direction
of
the
president's
plan
but
also
wanted
a
job
training
program
to
replace
the
public
service
jobs
programs
Reagan
plans
to
eliminate.
Maier
led
the
anti-Reagan
criticism,
saying
proposed
cuts
could
lead
to
urban
violence
this
summer.
Maier
also
demanded
an
apology
from
the
White
House
for
allegedly
snubbing
Hatcher
—
a
persistent
Reagan
critic
—
by
excluding
him
from
recent
meetings
with
the
president
to
discuss
the
administration's
urban
policies.
Reagan
domestic
adviser
Rich
Williamson
assured
all
the
mayors
they
would
be
consulted
on
national
urban
policy.
As
the
GOP
members
met
privately
Sunday,
the
Democrats
met
under
Alexander's
leadership,
and
he
urged
them
to
support
several
key
resolutions
at
Wednesday's
closing
session.
One
policy
resolution
was
introduced
by
Republican
Mayor
Richard
E.
Carver
of
Peoria,
111.,
but
was
amended
at
the
urging
of
Democrats
to
call
for
a
mandatory
pass-through
of
federal
urban
aid
funds,
which
Reagan
wants
to
funnel
through
state
governments.
Atlanta
Mayor
Maynard
Jackson
appealed
to
his
Democratic
colleagues
to
support
a
resolution
calling
for
the
extension
of
the
current
version
of
1965
Voting
Rights
Act.
The
Reagan
Administration
has
suggested
amending
the
law,
a
move
that
Jackson
said
would
be
a
"grievous,
horrendous
error."
to
say
that
this
nuclear
path
is
a
path
of
insanity
and
we're
not
going
to
take
it,"
Kennedy
saw,
calling
on
the
crowd
to
unite
and
"dismantle
the
dynamos
of
the
nuclear
industry."
'.'In
the
1960s,"
Kennedy
said,
"people
thought
it
was
possible
that
we
would
reach
for
the
moon.
In
the
1980s,
I
call
upon
us
to
reach
for
the
sun."
It
was
the
right
day
to
promote
solar
energy.
The
mercury
soared
past
the
,
100-degree
mark
beneath
dear,
sun-drenched
skies.
The
youthful
crowd
heard
the
music,
and
the
message,
via
a
solar-powered
public-address
system.
Performers
included
Jackson
Browne,
Bruce
Springsteen,
Bonnie
Raitt,
Nicolette
Larsen,
Kenny
Rankin,
Graham
Nash,
Stephen
Mills.
"We
have
to
move
away
from
nuclear
power
to
resources
that
are
safe,
abundant
and
harmonious
with
nature,"
Miss
Davis
said
in
her
brief
statement,
adding
that
she
has
"learned
to
disagree"
with
her
father
on
the
nuclear
energy
issue.
"It's
an
issue
my
father
and
I
disagree
on,"
she
said,
"but
it's
a
friendly
disagreement.
My
father
is
very
aware
of
the
potential
dangers
of
nuclear
power
but
he
has
faith
in
American
technology
making
it
safe.
"I'm
sure
he
knows
of
our
gathering
today
and
I
don't
think
the
fact
that
my
father
and
I
disagree
is
the
issue.
My
major
concern
is
that
each
of
these
nuclear
power
plants
is
Tobacco
Industry
Cites
Mistake
In
Cancer
Study
WASHINGTON
(UPI)
The
Tobacco
Institute
says
a
mathematical
error
makes
invalid
a
Japanese
study
that
found
wives
of
cigarette
smokers
were
more
likely
to
develop
lung
cancer
than
wives
of
non-smokers.
The
association
of
U.S.
cigarette
manufacturers
quoted
a
memorandum
from
Professor
Nathan
Mantel
of
the
Biostatistics
Center
at
George
Washington
University
saying
that
a
whole
number,
instead
of
its
square
root,
was
wrongly
used
at
an
important
point
in
the
calculations.
"Much
more
careful
analysis
of
the
data
would
be
needed
before
it
can
be
claimed
that
a
passive
effect
of
smoking
has
been
clearly
established,"
concluded
Mantel,
co-developer
of
the
test
for
statistical
significance
used
in
the
study.
"When
the
error
is
corrected,"
said
the
institute,
"there
is
not
a
generally
accepted
level
of
statistical
significance."
"I
must
tell
you
that
we
regard
this
discovery
of
an
arithmetical
error
as
very
grave,"
Tobacco
Institute
Chairman
Horace
Kornegay
said
in
a
telegram
to
Japan's
National
Cancer
Center
Research
Institute,
a
sponsor
of
the
study.
Dr.
Takeshi
Hirayama
of
the
institute
reported
Jan.
17
in
the
British
Medical
Journal
that
his
research
showed
wives
of
heavy
smokers
had
a
higher
risk
of
developing
lung
cancer
than
wives
of
nonsmokers.
Hirayama
said
he
found
a
statistically
significant
relationship
between
the
amount
the
husbands
smoked
and
the
mortality
from
cancer
of
their
non-smoking
wives.
"A
number
of
scientists
questioned
this
report'
at
the
outset,"
Kornegay
said.
"Their
concern
has
been
confirmed
by
the
discovery
of
an
arithmetical
error
in
Dr.
Hirayama's
paper
which
invalidates
his
claim
of
a
high
level
of
statistical
significance."
Kornegay
said
Dr.
Alvan
Feinstein
of
Yale
University
and
Dr.
Chris
Tsokos
of
the
.University
of
South
Florida
verified
Mantel's
finding.
"Dr.
Hirayama's
findings
were
accepted
as
fact
and
widely
reported
in
the
U.S.
news
media,"
Kornegay
said.
"As
a
result,
many
people
may
have
been
misled
and
unduly
alarmed,
and
in
some
instances
this
report
was
used
to
support
legislation
for
smoking
bans
and
other
restrictions.
"We
hope
this
case
will
serve
as
an
example
of
the
need
for
careful
review
of
scientific
work
before
findings
are
reported
and
publicized."
UNSURE
FOOTING
All
the
world's
a
stage-and
some
folks
try
to
put
on'
a
Grandstand
event
with
side-show
ability.
only
three
miles
from
a
major
earthquake
fault."
Steve
Sulkes,
the
executive
director
the
event,
said
Survival
Sunday
IV
and
the
three
that
preceded
it
were
"a
plea
for
help."
"Today
we
sent
a
message
loud
and
clear
across
this
country
and
around
the
world,"
Sulkes
said.
"A
message
of
hope
and
love.
A
message
that
says
'Help
America
survive,
end
the
nucf.'
No
nukes
is
a
call
to
patriotism
and
we
should
all
be
proud
of
it."
And
just
in
case
anyone
missed
the
message
of
the
event
itself,
a
Western
Union
booth
was
set
up
at
the
amphitheater
entrance
where,
for
$2
per
telegram,
supporters
could
dash
off
one
of
four
prepared
wires
to
President
Reagan.
The
speakers
and
entertainers
focused
mainly
on
the
"imminent
licensing"
of
California's
Diablo
Canyon
nuclear
plant
and
the
proposed
addition
at
the
San
Onofre
nuclear
plant
of
two
more
stations.
Both
plants
have
come
under
heavy
criticism
for
being
close
to
major
earthquake
faults
and
for
lack
of
adequate
evacuation
plans
in
the
event
of
a
nuclear
accident.
There
were
several
pleas
for
a
blockade
and
civil
disobedience
at
the
entrance
of
the
nuclear
power
stations
if
they
are
given
permission
"to
go
online."
But
Miss
Davis
said
there
was
a
limit
to
how
far
she
would
carry
her
protest.
"I
would
like
to
make
sure
that
Diablo
Canyon
and
San
Onofre
are
not
licensed,"
she
said,
"But
I
don't
want
to
wind
up
in
jail.
I
will
talk
about
it
in
the
future.
LANCASTER,
Pa.
(UPI)
Three
Lancaster
County
men,
including
two
paramedics,
lost
their
lives
in
the
successful
rescue
of
an
8-year-old
boy
'Who
had
fallen
into
an
abandoned
septic
tank
filled
with
a
poisonous
gas.
The
boy,
Benjamin
Walker
of
Lancaster,
remained
in
critical
condition
today
after
being
overcome
Saturday
by
what
authorities
suspect
was
methane
gas
in
a
12-foot
deep
abandoned
septic
tank
used
as
a
dump
for
leaves
and
grass
cuttings
by
his
family,
said
a
Hershey
Medical
Center
spokeswoman.
Autopsies
showed
that
the
two
paramedics
-Bruce
Ditlow,
24,
of
Lancaster,
and
Kevin
Weatherlow,
23,
of
Willow
Street
-and
fireman
Jeffrey
Jones,
18,
of
Lancaster,
who
were
overcome
by
fumes
and
died
in
the
effort
to
save
Walker,
police
said.
Lancaster
County
Coroner
Whitlaw
M.
Show
listed
the
cause
of
the
deaths
as
asphyxiation
due
to
noxious
gas.
He
said
methane,
an
odorless
gas
generated
by
the
decomposing
grass
clippings,
was
suspected.
"It's
been
a
severe
shock
to
us
to
have
this
unit,
which
is
a
very
good
emergency
medical
unit,
wiped
out,"
Show
said.
A
fourth
man,
fireman
Robert
Mark
Rhineer,
18,
of
Lancaster,
was
in
serious
but
stable
condition
at
Lancaster
General
Hospital,
a
hospital
spokeswoman
said.
Show
said
that
because
of
the
odorless
quality
of
the
gas,
no
one
realized
what
was
happening
until
it
was
too
late.
The
incident
began
about
4:30
p.m.
when
Walker
and
his
older
brother
Christopher
removed
a
manhole
cover
from
the
cistern
to
dump
grass
cuttings
into
it.
Walker
accidentally
dropped
a
lawnmower
bag
into
the
tank
on
his
parents'
property
and
climbed
down
a
ladder
to
retrieve
it.
Walker
collapsed.
Ditlow
was
the
first
into
the
tank.
Ditlow
then
collapsed
and
Weatherlow
went
himself,
Show
said.
Walker
was
hoisted
out
and
Jones
climbed
in
after
the
two
rescue
workers.
Jones
collapsed,
Show
said,
but
Rhineer
managed
to
grab
an
air
hose
fed
to
him',
saving
his
life.
It
was
only
about
10
minutes
before
he
was
hauled
out,
but
it
took
rescuers
nearly
two
hours
to
get
the
paramedics
and
firemen
out.
Ditlow
and
Weatherlow,
described
as
"highly
dedicated"
paramedics
by
several
colleagues,
had
been
best
friends
since
high
school,
said
Jacque
Kramer,
22,
a
neighbor
of
Ditlow's
and
the
volunteer
firefighter
who
pulled
Ditlow
from
the
cistern.
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